The Technical Training Workshop on Monitoring and Assessment of Water Resources and Agricultural Water Use in North Africa was successfully held in Tunis, Tunisia, on October 27–28, 2025. The event was jointly organized by the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS) and the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS), with support from the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) research project "WaterMap N-Africa."

The Thematic Session on Digital Earth Supporting Sustainable Development convened during the 2025 World Science and Technology Development Forum (WSTDF) in Beijing on Tuesday, bringing together 70 leading figures and representatives from research institutes and universities of 19 countries and relevant UN agencies and international organizations to tackle the problems along niche opportunities brought by emerging science and technology trends, with consensus on the Digital Earth Initiative for the Sustainable Development Goals.

A special session on Digital Earth Technologies for Promoting Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and South Pacific Island Countries (SPIC) was held at the International Science and Technology Organizations Headquarters in Beijing on September 5, 2025.

The Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with the National Earth Observation Data Center (NODA), successfully held the Third International Training Workshop on Space Technology for Global Challenges (STGC) from July 14 to 20, 2025.

The regional workshop titled "Advancing SDG 15 Monitoring in Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal using Earth Observation and Geospatial Technologies" was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event was organized by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) with support from the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) through the CBAS Global SDG Partnership Programme and the NSFC Sustainable Development International Cooperation Programme Key Project "Development Pathway Decision Support for the Construction of Environment-Society Big Data Platform in Typical Hilly Regions". It was co-hosted by the Ministry of Planning of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

From May 27-31, 2024, a specialized training course on "Remote Sensing Information Processing and Urban Applications" took place in Wenchang, Hainan. Organized by the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) and co-organized by the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) together with several other institutions, the event aimed to address the global deterioration of urban environments and enhance the capabilities of APSCO Member States in utilizing space technology to tackle these issues.